Camila’s POVThe minutes after Maximo left, the room were horrible. My heart raced as his words echoed in my mind over and over again, just one night and no strings attached. I thought his offer was a way out, a brief chance to be free, but that moment had come and gone, and now I was stuck, cornered by a stranger's threat, and bound by a secret I couldn't get away from.Daniil's cold eyes followed me across the room, and they were sharp and calculating, his presence was overwhelming, and the room was filled with a heavy tension that made it hard to breathe. I couldn't get away from him with his earlier words, "You'll never escape me," kept ringing in my ears, each time a cold reminder of the cage. I would have gladly walked into"Camila," said Daniil in a low, steady voice that broke the stillness, "you didn't think you could just walk away from everything, did you? His voice had a certain coldness to it, but underneath it, I could hear something dangerous, something that suggested
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